Railway-tie plate.



y 'PATBNT'ED Nov. 13, 1906.

P A DBLANQ RAILWAY TIE .APPLIG N f r M jm@ l s s narran stares santi-ritmo.

aanname a. narrano, onoi-ncAeo,'-iLL1N0is.

no. seneca.

Specification of Letters Patent,

is. PLATE.

Yatented Novl. 1906.

To al?, whom it' core/cern;

Be it known that'l, Fannnnic e., Damm),

a` jcitienot the .United States, residingatI lChicago;` in the county ci Cook and State of T 3 I L illinois, nave invented certain new andusetui improvements in Railway-Tie Fletes, 'of-l the 'saine time miniunize, if not entirely pre-- vent, .the .ordinary .injurious etlects arising therefrom.

@ther and further objects of the inventionA will appear from an examination 'of the drawings andthe following descriptionand claims.

The invention consists principally in a tie plate or plates for railway-rails composed of a-,piuralit of pieces havingbase-embracing lugs on t eir opposed Jfree edges and leverlilre extensions extending. outwardlyl and oppositely therefrom for fastening the tie-plate' 1n position at points remote from thebase- 'receiving portion thereof.v

The invention consists, further and'iinally,

in the features, combinations, and details.

of construction vhereinafter described vand claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isv a sectional elevation of a railway-rail and the par-ts of a tie-plate as such parts appear when constructed in accordance. with these improvements, taken on line l of Fig. 2.; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 a cross-sectional-view of a railway-track formed ot two rails as it appears when tted with these iniprovements, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the same.

In the art to which this invention relatesv it is well known that there are many objections to the use of the ordinary tie-platesthat is, the tie-plates now in use-'in that, iirst, the spikes or lag-screws enter the tie or sleeper at the points where it is subjected to the greatest strains and where the tie is liable to become broken, and hence such securing means are apt to become loose and permit the rapid destruction ofthe tie. Further, in the use oi the ordinary T-rail the base is :made as wide as the height of the rail, `which is not themost economical disposition of the metal.l My improvements are designed' .to overcome these objections by providing a tie-plate formedin two vpieceswhi'ch will pro- ,'vide forthe. fastening means' at a oint or points remote Jfrom the rail-base. T ere are other'advantages derived from the use'ofthis construction, some ofwhichxare as follows'. First, thespikes o r llag-screws instead of entering the sleeperv at the point of greatest stress or wear enter the railway-tie at a promt, relativelyspeaking, remote thereoIn-say several inches away- Where the -strains are much. less; second, the structure permits the rail to' have its ordinary vwave motion invazlv'ance of the train, so that it may rise above -the tie and eliminate the. '-usualpumpi1ig action thereof. Further, it Vpermits of the use of an economical rail in that the rail'need not be more than four inches wide at the base and -seven inches high, which while it Weighsno more'per yard than the old form of rail will be -muc'h stronger in resistin vertical strains. Finally, my improved tie-p ate minimizes -all cutting .of the tie or the overturning ofthe rail, .all of which will be thoroughly understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

In constructing a tie-plate in accordance with these improvements and using them in connection with a T-rail a IV prefer to make it in two parts, one-part b'having bifurcations t and b2, each in turn provided with rail-baseembracing lugs c at the opposed free .ends or. y

edges thereof. These rail-embracing lugs yare arranged at the free ends of the bifurcated portion and extend upwardly and inwardly over the rail-base, as shown clearly in- Figs. 1 and 2. Oppositely disposed, and referablyon the biturcated portions, are wld) prefer to term base stop-lugs d, which do not extend inwardlyto'embraee the rail. This portion of the plate is valso provided with a pelroratedlever-like extending portion @,'perforated, as shown,v at a point, relatively speaking, remote from the rail-hase-say several inches away-and through which any ordinary spike or lag-screw f may be passed into a sleeper or tie g.

The second portion .7L of the tie-plate has a rail-base-supporting portion h', in turn proat I.

vided, as Aabove suggested, with a rail-em-' bracing lug t' at itsfree end. (Shownparticularly in Figs. l and 2.) This second portion of the tie-plate is also provided with a -base stop-lug m, also oppositely disposed from the rail-embracing lug. By the term oppositely-disiiosod l mean arranged at a point on the plate directly opposite to contact the opposite side of the rail-base, as shown in the drawings. This second portion is also provided with a lever-like extension p, 'perforated at a point arranged, relatively speaking, remote from the rail-base-supporting portion, so as to permit the passing therethrough of a lag-screw or railway-spike q. ln some instances this portion p should be extended inwardly far enough to overlap a similar inwardly-extending lever-like portion 'from a rail-plate on the opposite rail, as shown paro ticularly in Fig. 4, Where it may be perforated at several points to permit the passing therethrough of lag-screws or railway-spikes r for securing the parts in operative position. This latter type elt plate should be disposed at convenient intervals--say from thirty to one hundred feet apartthereby serving to preserve the absolute gage of the track, all of which will be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

I claim- 1. Inniechanisnis of the class described, a tie-plate composed of a plurality of pieces having rail-base-recciving portions provided. With base-embracing and stop lugs oppositely disposed, and perforated lever-like portions extending outwardly and oppositely therefrom, the perforations being arranged at points relatively remote 'from the base-receiving portion of the plate, substantially as described.

2. In mechanisms of the class described, a tie-plate formed of' a plurality of portions, one portion having a biiurcated base-receiving portion provided with base-embracing lugs at its free edges and base stop-lugs oppositely disposed and with a laterally-extending lever-like portion for securing the same to a railway-tie at a point relatively remote ,from the base of a railway-rail, and a second portion provided with a base-receiving portion arranged between the bifurcation of the first-named plate portion. and having a railbase-emln'acing lng at i'ree end and a base stop-lug oppositely disposed and with a laterally-extending lever-like portion perforated relatively remote from the rail-base for curing the saine to the railway-tie, substantially as described. f

3. In. mechanisms oi: the class described, a tie-plate formed. of two portions, one having a -bifurcated rail-hase-supporting portion provided with base-embracing lugs at its free edges and base stop-lugs oppositcly disposed and With a lateral lever-like perforated. eX- tension for securing the saine to 'the railwaytie at a point remote from the rail-base, and a second plate portion provided. with a basereceiving portion arranged between the free ends of the bifnrcated plate having a baseernbracing lug at its free end and a base stoplug oppos'itely disposed and with a laterallyextending lever-like perforated portion ad apted to overlap a similar lever-like extension. of a similar plate on the opposite track-rail to preserve the gage of the track, substantially as described.

el. The combination of a rail-supingirt, a rail, rail-holding plates having means for engaging the rail at opposite sides and also hav-- ing different centers ot movement, and spikes connecting .the plates and tlie'rail-support, the said rail-holding plates and the spikes being so relatively arranged that the spikes serve as the centers upon which the plates arey movable.

5. In mechanisms of the class described, the combination. of a railway-rail, having a height greater than the width oi' its base, a tie-plateportion engaging the base of the .rail and provided with lever-like extensions e2;- tending outwardly and oppositoly .troni the rail-base, and means :for securii'ig the saine in position at points is itively remote from the rail-base, substantially is described.

yWitnesses JOHN DE LA lo'yrrni., ANNA. L. Savoie. 

